Herbert Schmalz was born in England to a German father - Schmalz is best known under that name, but changed his name to Carmichael in 19...

Thursday, November 8, 2012

"Gathering Spring Flowers" By ~ Henry John Yeend King ~ 1855 - 1924.

Gathering Spring Flowers.

Henry John Yeend King

(1855 - 1924)

Henry John Yeend King was an important Victorian genre and landscape artist.He was born in London on August 21, 1855 and began his education as a choirboy at the TempleChurch.One of the artist’s earliest recollections was of being locked in the building one afternoon after practice: “I had to spend the night in a cabin built of pew cushions, while my father was inquiring at every hospital in London.After
three weeks’ rest with a bad cold, on going back to my choral duties I
was summoned to an interview with a Bencher, who, after regaling me with
cake and wine, presented me with five shillings for having been a ‘good
boy,’ and ‘for not having thrown my boots through one of the
stained-glass windows.’ The idea of doing such a thing had never
occurred to me.”